Environmental Specialist

About the job Environmental Specialist


Environmental Specialist / EHS Specialist
Location: On-site - Concord, NC
Salary: $73,000-$75,000 base

The Opportunity

You will be the environmental go-to for a complex, highly engineered manufacturing operation. This is a hands-on role, embedded on-site in Concord, where you will:

• Lead environmental programs, compliance, and reporting across the plant
• Support health & safety, but as a secondary component of the job
• Act as an internal advisor to maintenance, engineering, and operations on environmental risk, permitting, and practical compliance
• Help reshape how the site thinks about environmental performance as part of overall EHS

This is not a consulting role. We need someone who has worked in manufacturing, not only with manufacturers as a consultant.

What We're Looking For

Experience

• Solid track record in an industrial / manufacturing environment (plant, factory, production)
• Hands-on experience with:
  • Environmental compliance (air, water, waste, hazardous materials, etc.)
  • Environmental aspects of EHS programs (permitting, reporting, audits, inspections, corrective actions)
  • Working cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, engineering, and/or production teams
• Evidence that you have implemented or significantly driven environmental initiatives, not just maintained a program someone else built
• ISO14001 experience

Health & Safety

• Background in safety is needed, but as a secondary skillset :
  • Participation in safety programs, inspections, incident investigations, and training
  • Understanding of OSHA requirements in a manufacturing context
• Safety experience on its own, without environmental depth, is not sufficient for this role.

Key Responsibilities

Internal title may be EHS Specialist / Environmental Specialist, but the core responsibilities include:

• Own and drive the environmental agenda for the Concord site
• Ensure day-to-day compliance with relevant environmental regulations and internal standards
• Prepare and maintain required environmental documentation, reporting, and records
• Lead or support environmental audits and follow-up on corrective and preventive actions
• Partner with maintenance, engineering, and operations on:
  • Environmental risk assessments for projects and changes
  • Environmental controls on equipment, processes, and materials
  • Practical solutions that work on the plant floor
• Contribute to EHS training, communications, and culture-building activities, especially where environmental topics are involved
• Support broader safety programs (inspections, incident investigations, etc.) as needed

Profile & Mindset

We're interested in people who:

• Self-identify as environmental specialists within EHS , not purely as safety people
• Are comfortable in a plant environment and talking to maintenance, engineers, and operators on the floor
• Can explain environmental concepts in clear, practical language